One would have to imagine that, in the course of determining how and if the NBA would return to action, a decision had to be made about whether the league would jump straight into the playoffs or if they would have some semblance of a regular season. One would further imagine that, during this deliberation, Adam Silver looked at the league standings, saw Zion Williamson and the Pelicans were a few games out of 8th place and said, “I think we should have more regular season.” And now here we are!
Teams have eight games to work themselves into game shape, prepare for the tribulations of post-season basketball, and do some last minute jostling for seeding.